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BOUGAINVILLE (Louis-Antoine, de.)
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BOUGAINVILLE (Louis-Antoine, de.)
Voyage around the world, by the King's frigate la Boudeuse and the Flute l'Etoile| in 1766, 1767, 1768 & 1769. Paris, Saillant & Nyon, 1771. In-4, marbled calf, spine ribbed with gilt fleurons, black morocco title coin, red edges (contemporary binding).
First edition of the first French circumnavigation voyage, illustrated with 20 maps and plans including 18 folders, the largest one showing the route of the expedition, some the Falklands, the Strait of Magellan, ... 3 copper-engraved non-text figures by Croisey depict boats
of Pacific
natives
.
Bougainville left Saint Malo in 1766 aboard the frigate La Boudeuse and wrote this true account of a scientific expedition, recounting the customs and productions of the inhabitants of the Falklands and Tahiti. His immense success and the descriptions left behind will forever forge the myth of the Polynesian paradise and that of the "good
savage".
A vocabulary of the Tahitian language can be found at the end of
the book.
Rubbed binding, missing top cover and title piece, very blunt corners, some freckles...
Voyage around the world, by the King's frigate la Boudeuse and the Flute l'Etoile| in 1766, 1767, 1768 & 1769. Paris, Saillant & Nyon, 1771. In-4, marbled calf, spine ribbed with gilt fleurons, black morocco title coin, red edges (contemporary binding).
First edition of the first French circumnavigation voyage, illustrated with 20 maps and plans including 18 folders, the largest one showing the route of the expedition, some the Falklands, the Strait of Magellan, ... 3 copper-engraved non-text figures by Croisey depict boats
of Pacific
natives
.
Bougainville left Saint Malo in 1766 aboard the frigate La Boudeuse and wrote this true account of a scientific expedition, recounting the customs and productions of the inhabitants of the Falklands and Tahiti. His immense success and the descriptions left behind will forever forge the myth of the Polynesian paradise and that of the "good
savage".
A vocabulary of the Tahitian language can be found at the end of
the book.
Rubbed binding, missing top cover and title piece, very blunt corners, some freckles...